My apologies to Kathy, Nava, Rhonda and Hilda for failing to get the slide show up yesterday. My sweet husband gave me his cold and sore throat and I was under the weather. I thought I was going to escape the germ because I held out for so long, but tis the season... Anyway, these are some great images and I know you will enjoy them.
I did a few bozzettos with the last color combination and now I am ready to do a big painting. I am sitting at the Gallery Concord tomorrow so I will have time to do one then. I purchased my second Shirley Trevena book and it arrived yesterday. This woman combines all the elements that I love....Gorgeous, glorious color, texture, calligraphic lines, linked shapes, a strong sense of abstract design. Every inch of her paintings are fascinating to me. After reading most of the book, I decided to play with some of her "tools" so I worked with drawing with watercolor pencils and played around with "texture medium" which is made by Windsor Newton. I tried it on Tyvek with surprising success. I wasn't sure it would stick but it did. Having both books by Shirley gives me a clearer picture of how she works. Now, if I can just translate some of her ideas into figures and faces....
Just in case I am not the last person on earth to discover this, I am going to share a discovery I made the other day. I always always search the internet through Google but I never paid attention to Google Image search before. Wow, what a great way to find visual information. Now I can spend even more hours on the computer, roaming around the internet and being inspired by all the incredible talent out there.
3 comments:
Very cool to have a duo show on your blog, Myrna, and what an honor to have my first Tyvek attempts next to Kathy's stunning ones! :-)
Nice of your husband to share his viruses with you. Hope you both get better soon!!
Love the work Nava and Kathy did, but I felt a little left out. Did you get my 2 paintings?
Sorry, Myrna! That last comment of mine sounded awfully whiny and self-centered, especially knowing you aren't well right now. I do send you many wishes for a quick recovery for you and your husband - having a rotten cold is no fun, especially around the holidays.
Nava and Kathy did great work on these 3-color combos. Maybe I should try more figures...
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